Seth Godin Quotes
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Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.
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Persistence isn't using the same tactics over and over. Persistence is having the same goal over and over.
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Seizing new ground, making connections between people or ideas, working without a map-these are works of art, and if you do them, you are an artist, regardless of whether you wear a smock, use a computer, or work with others all day long.
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The habit of doing more than is necessary can only be earned through practice.
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Marketing is the act of inventing the product. The effort of designing it. The craft of producing it. The art of pricing it. The technique of selling it.
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You succeed because you've chosen to be confident. It's not really useful to require yourself to be successful before you're able to become confident.
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My blogging life is basically goalless. I like the zen nature of that, and paradoxically, it improves results.
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You can risk being wrong or you can be boring.
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You want it to be hard. If it's hard, then that means others can't do it easily and you can charge for that value.
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People watch what you do more than listen to what you say.
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Own your dreams. There is no better way to make them happen.
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Instead of working so hard to prove the skeptics wrong, it makes a lot more sense to delight the true believers.
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I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing.
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Kings fear change. Leaders crave it.
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You don't need more time in your day. You need to decide.
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People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.
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Just saying yes because you can't bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
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Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).
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You can't lose. Go, go, go!
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When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.
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What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.
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Competition and the market are like water, they go where they want
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Anxiety is experiencing failure in advance. Tell yourself enough vivid stories about the worst possible outcome of your work and you'll soon come to believe them. Worry is not preparation, and anxiety doesn't make you better.
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Believe in what you do, because you may have to do it for a long time before it catches on.